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Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris looks like it's coming to Linux


By Liam Squires-Hand
Need some more Lara in your life? Your wish may soon be granted as it looks like Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris may be coming to Linux.

XCavalypse, clean up a zombie apocalypse with an excavator now on Linux


By Liam Squires-Hand
This is kinda of amusing in a weird way, in XCavalypse you're cleaning up a city after a zombie apocalypse with a fleet of excavators.

KNIGHTS - A puzzle game that aims for 'complexity in simplicity' is available for Linux since Day-1


By -Daniel-Palacio-
KNIGHTS is one of those puzzle games with an extremely simple premise that, after some levels, starts to become a challenge

Salt and Sanctuary, a stylish 2D action RPG is now in Beta for Linux gamers


By Liam Squires-Hand
Now this is news I am sure some of you will be excited about. Salt and Sanctuary a haunting, stylized 2D action RPG is being ported by Ethan Lee and it's now in Beta.

Like getting scared? Some Horror games you have to check out on Linux & SteamOS


By Liam Squires-Hand
So you like to be afraid? You like to soil your pants? Well then, here's a few must-have titles to try on Linux & SteamOS.

8 out of the 10 current most popular Steam games support Linux


By Liam Squires-Hand
What a time to be alive and be a Linux gamer! Not too long ago I would have though this would have been impossible.

Red Comrades Save the Galaxy: Reloaded, a remaster of a 1998 game now available on Linux & SteamOS


By Liam Squires-Hand
Red Comrades Save the Galaxy: Reloaded is a remaster of a 1998 point & click adventure game that was rebuilt for Unity and it is now available on Linux & SteamOS too.

Recursed, a reality twisting platformer made on Linux needs help on Steam Greenlight


By Liam Squires-Hand
Always happy to give a shout out to games made entirely on Linux. Recursed was emailed in by the developer, as it's developed on Linux using open source tools.

SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell, the heavy metal first-person platformer now has a demo


By Liam Squires-Hand
SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell combines first-person action, platforming and heavy metal in an awesome combination. The demo is now open to all.

Hearts of Iron IV released with day-1 Linux & SteamOS support thanks to Paradox


By Liam Squires-Hand
The latest and greatest available for Paradox, Hearts of Iron IV is now available as a day-1 release for Linux & SteamOS.

What have you been playing on Linux recently and what do you think about it?


By Liam Squires-Hand
Today GOL asks: what have you been playing on Linux, and what do you think about it? So many games, so little time!

Neon Drive, a slick looking retro inspired game that mashes styles together will come to Linux


By Liam Squires-Hand
Neon Drive is a hard game to pick a genre for, one minute you're in a retro-future car and the next a spaceship. It looks cool and it's coming to Linux.

Jumpdrive sandbox space sim has first Alpha release in many months


By Liam Squires-Hand
Jumpdrive (previously known as Paragon), a pretty good looking sandbox space sim is alive again and the developers have released the first Alpha build in many months.

Defender's Quest DX launching this month, removes Adobe Air and upgrades rather a lot


By Liam Squires-Hand
Defender's Quest is a pretty decent Tower Defence/RPG hybrid that will be relaunching this month as Defender's Quest DX. It will have a bunch of systems and graphics upgraded, but the icing is that it will no longer use Adobe Air.

Rocket League for Linux & SteamOS getting close to a release window finally


By Liam Squires-Hand
Someone pinch me, I must be dreaming. It seems Rocket League may actually release sometime soon after a developer posted about it on their Steam forum.

An EVE Online developer has built an unofficial Linux launcher, game uses Wine


By Liam Squires-Hand
An EVE Online developer has created a native Linux launcher that will download a version of Wine built by the developer.

Hard Reset Redux is showing signs that it is coming to Linux & SteamOS


By Liam Squires-Hand
Hard Reset Redux is a beautiful looking FPS game from Flying Wild Hog and Gambitious Digital Entertainment that is now showing signs of coming to Linux/SteamOS.

Want to be a Youtube star? Well, Youtubers Life a new simulator game is coming to Linux


By Liam Squires-Hand
Yes, this is a real game. Since Grass Simulator nothing will surprise me any more. Youtubers Life is coming to Linux as confirmed by their twitter account in reply to someone. Soon you will be able to become the world’s greatest video blogger in history, in a game anyway.

Next month marks seven years of me running GamingOnLinux, how should we celebrate?


By Liam Squires-Hand
I need help, I want your bright ideas on how to celebrate running this corner if the web for seven years. The official GOL birthday is the 5th of July.

It's s Friday again, come watch the Friday Livestream at 5 PM UTC!


By Samsai
The past week has been a little bit busy for me but that's no obstacle for the Friday Livestream! Come and join the live Linux gaming shenanigans once again on our Twitch channel, where we occasionally play games and almost always talk garbage!